By Cort Reynolds
MT. BLANCHARD - The Bluffton volleyball team won a four-set non-league battle at Riverdale Monday night to tip off their season on a strong note.
Bluffton defeated the Lady Falcons 25-9, 20-25, 25-18, 25-14 to start out 1-0.
Junior Kylie Stackhouse led the victors with 19 kills. Meanwhile, Taylor Schwab contributed heavily to the attack with 16 kills.
Setter Skyler Scoles dished out a whopping 42 assists and served nine aces. Kylie Monday hustled up 19 digs, and Sophie Bricker came up with nine digs.
By Cort Reynolds
BLUFFTON - The Bluffton boys soccer team, coming off a state runner-up showing, opened its 2020 campaign with a 5-1 home win over Pettisville Saturday night.
Jonathon Schriner kicked off the Pirate scoring with a goal in the fifth minute.
Pettisville's Zakkai Kaufmann tied it 1-1 with a score six minutes later.
But then Pirate Nolan Hoffman found the back of the net in the 31st minute, and Kaden Basil scored in the 40th minute to extend the lead to 3-1 at halftime.
Bluffton American Legion Post 382 celebrated its 100th anniversary on Aug. 10. It was on that date the the Bluffton post received its charter in 1920.
The American Legion was born on March 15, 1919, in Paris from a gathering of veterans who believed that a nation worth defending during war time, is a nation worth strengthening, honoring and serving for as long as a veteran lives.
The Bluffton legion's petition to join the American Legion dated, March 1, 1920, included signers who were all veterans of World War I.
This is the first in a three part series of Bluffton school reopen plans by building. By Tim Closson,
elementary school principal
As students return to Bluffton Exempted Village Schools this fall, we want to provide the most effective and safest learning environment for our students and staff.
Bluffton Area Gardeners will meet at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 1, via Zoom. Dave McPheron, master gardener volunteer for Hardin County, of Star-Farm-Native Plants, will present a program on seed propagation. For a link to the meeting contact Victoria Zeits. The August club newsletter is attached.
The Bluffton Public Library Board of Trustees will hold their regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, via video conferencing. To request an invitation for the meeting, please contact Jessica Hermiller, Director, at [email protected].
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Summer is a great time to explore the art spread across the Bluffton community – especially for viewers unable to visit art galleries elsewhere in Ohio.
In this weekly series, The Icon features the art created by John Peter Klassen (1888-1975), a long-time Bluffton College art professor, and art by other artists in the community.
For some viewers, this series is familiar. For others, it may be a first-time experience.
Here's the Bluffton College football team during the 1925 season. With only four games, the schedule appears overpowering: Ohio Northern University, Findlay, Bowling Green and Defiance.
While Bluffton did not win a game, they stayed very close to each opponent, losing only by 15 points at its widest margin of loss.
Jean Ann Szabo, 93, of Bluffton, died Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020, at Willow Ridge, Bluffton, Ohio.
She was born April 15, 1927, in Findlay, Ohio, to Forrest L. and Joyce V. (Flick) Steinman. The family lived in Jenera, Ohio, and moved to Bluffton in 1935. She married E. James Szabo on Sept. 24, 1949, in Bluffton, and he died in 2010.
Did you ever wonder how Bentley Road was named? Here’s the answer. It was named after land owner, Thomas Bentley, who owned 160 acres south of Bluffton, bordering the road now bearing his name.
His property fronted what is today on the west side of Bentley Road bordering Shifferly and Hillville Road.
The map used with this story shows that Bentley Road on the north side of Bluffton’s Main Street never connected to Bentley Road on the south side of Bluffton. However, at some point both roads took on the Bentley name.
